LBCEI, The Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion, is a community development corporation that has taken on the challenge of expanding inclusive economic opportunities for all communities in Long Beach. It’s mission and values include: Bringing Everyone In An Economy for All Access to Capital Inclusive Opportunity Then, COVID-19 hit and the priorities changed. LBCEI…
PalacioMagazine.com and its predecessor, Palacio de Long Beach, always had a simple goal: to find and tell stories about the people and organizations of greater Long Beach. We featured interviews with elected and non-elected officials, community and business leaders, entertainers, athletes, pretty much anyone who had an interesting story to share about their lives and…
May 14, 2018 Doctor Elisa Nicholas, Chief Executive Officer of The Children’s Clinic, has a long, often adventurous, winding story about how she came to Long Beach and the community that she so fiercely serves. It is a story that begins with a father who was the first doctor of Greek immigrants in Los Angeles…
My interview with Walter Larkins, a successful local entrepreneur, was one of the funniest ones I’ve done in while; even when he was talking about the KKK and racism. His company bio does him no justice in describing the man I know: “Currently President of CDR Benefits, LLC. in Long Beach. . . a successful…
Nancy Lynee Woo is a freelance writer, editor, and creative consultant, and organizer of creative events including community writing workshops and poetry series. She is also an incorrigible optimist and is not shy about admitting it and for good reason. (Her middle name is actually “Lynée” but WordPress won’t let me use it in SEO. My…
Linda Bueno is a teacher at Jordan High School in Long Beach. This past summer she recruited this writer to help her develop a curriculum in American History and U.S. Government (two of my favorite subjects). In the process, I discovered not only the complexity of developing a curriculum for high school students but also…
Black Lives Matter is more than a slogan. It is a movement of people fighting for liberty, justice, and freedom. Black Lives Matter Long Beach is, as they describe, “…a local organizing effort … in solidarity with the national, U.S.-based, #BlackLivesMatter movement.” The organizers are clear about their goals and mission as a Black-led organization…
PalacioMagazine.com will be shutting down in mid-December 2020. Over the next few weeks, we will be spotlighting past stories. Jerlene Tatum grabbed the attention recently of palaciomagazine.com with her Facebook live commentaries outside the Long Beach Unified School District Board meetings. She would be sitting outdoors with her mask, on a chair, with laptop on her lap providing a running commentary…
No matter the noise you hear, the pictures you see, the 2020 election is over. Biden-Harris won and no fantasy lawsuits and grumbling and shouting and tweeting are going to change that fact. Anyone who has closely watched this soon-to-be former President should not be surprised by what is going on. This is a person…
Kevin Flores is a Long Beach-based journalist who co-founded the nonprofit independent media platform, Forthe.org. Flores is an award-winning journalist whose work has been featured on NPR, Telemundo, and in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. The son of immigrant parents and a graduate of California State University Long Beach, Kevin Flores is interested in producing work…